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\u201cI know he said he wants to play halfback, but let\u2019s be honest. I think they\u2019ve moved on beyond him as their halfback and they\u2019ve obviously signed Jonah Pezet for next year. Tom Duffy\u2019s doing a good job. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think if you re-sign Ben Hunt, you re-sign him and you tell him you\u2019re our No.14. That\u2019s the role you play and you\u2019re not paying him half a million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Badel pointed out that Hunt still feels he is a starter and wants to play halfback. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem is he sees himself as a No.7, that\u2019s his preferred position,\u201d Badel said.<\/p>\n
However, Read is adamant the Broncos have enough talent at No.7 and believes the Broncos should have re-signed Billy Walters ahead of him. <\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I understand what he sees, but that\u2019s not his decision,\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s Madge\u2019s decision, the club\u2019s decision and I know Billy Walters hasn\u2019t re-signed for next year, but I would re-sign Billy Walters. <\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd I\u2019d be saying to Ben Hunt, if you re-sign, you\u2019re fighting with Billy Walters for the No.14 spot and if Billy\u2019s going better than you, you\u2019re not in the team.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, Badel questioned if either Pezet or Duffy were ready to take over from Adam Reynolds, given their lack of experience. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe other options are Tom Duffy, eight first grade games, is he proven yet? Perhaps not,\u201d Badel said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Jonah Pezet, whose coming to the Broncos next year, but the way he\u2019s going for Parramatta at the moment, I would argue Ben Hunt\u2019s probably the best of the three at the moment.\u201d <\/p>\n
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However, Read feels the Broncos made an investment in Pezet as their long-term No.7 and he won\u2019t get experience without time in the saddle. <\/p>\n
\u201cHunt wasn\u2019t flash last Saturday at 4 Pines I was there on the sideline,\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve obviously brought Jonah to be their long-term halfback. That\u2019s why they give him a three-year deal. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd they obviously saw something in him when they did that, so I think you\u2019ve got to start the season with Jonah Pezet.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Hunt is set to ink a one-year extension with the Broncos, which has thrown a three-way battle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[808,3230,11620,99,637,11619,2296,11621,11618,3234,1289,11623,4147,8020,2549,685,11624,753,730,11622,11625],"class_list":{"0":"post-10551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brisbane","8":"tag-adam-reynolds","9":"tag-ben-hunt","10":"tag-bench-player","11":"tag-brisbane","12":"tag-brisbane-broncos","13":"tag-created-salary-cap","14":"tag-daily-telegraph","15":"tag-extension-looms","16":"tag-halfback-battle","17":"tag-jonah-pezet","18":"tag-mark-st-john","19":"tag-one-year-extension","20":"tag-peter-badel","21":"tag-premiership-glory","22":"tag-salary-cap","23":"tag-sam-walker","24":"tag-star-recruit","25":"tag-team-lists","26":"tag-thomas-duffy","27":"tag-three-way-battle","28":"tag-three-year-deal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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